Commando 42-60954
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-60954
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26829
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU469
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
Unknown date to April 1944
42-60954 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)
Unknown date
Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.
April 1944 to April 1946
42-60954 - USAAF (USA)
3 April 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
3 May 1944
Assigned to ATC India China Wing, based at Station 7, Sookerating, Assam, India.
31 July 1944
Received major damage in Chengkung, Yunnan, China in a ground accident.
Pilot: John F. Nelson
Unknown date
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
April 1946 to January 1957 January 1957 to May 1957
N7846B - AIRCRAFT MODIFICATIONS INC. (USA)
16 January 1957
Purchased.
9 May 1957
Departed India on a ferry flight to the USA.
18 May 1957
Arrived in Miami, FL.
June 1957 to October 1958
N7846B - RANSA (RUTAS AEREAS NACIONALES) (VENEZUELA)
21 June 1957
Delivered, probably leased. [the RANSA period is only quoted by AB]
10 November 1958
Registration cancelled.
October 1958 to May 1959
OB-WBP-507 - TAPSA (TRANSPORTES AEREOS PERUANAS SA) (PERU)
27 October 1958
Purchased.
13 May 1959
Damaged beyond repair near Tournavista, Peru in a CFIT (12/12 fatalities).
The Commando was operating a scheduled passenger flight between Tournavista and Tarapoto, Peru. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing in marginal weather conditions, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located 30 km south of Tournavista. The wreckage was found a few hours later. The 3 crewmembers and 9 passengers were killed.
Last edited: 24/06/2019